Plant-based fuels: an unfulfilled domestic environmental opportunity

Environment and Climate Change Canada must follow through on the prime minister’s commitment to amend the country’s Clean Fuel Regulations.

In September 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the federal government would make targeted amendments to the Clean Fuel Regulations, which could be a win-win situation for Canada if we get them right, writes Sen. Todd Lewis.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CSG SENATOR TODD LEWIS

May 6, 2026

Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations, which took effect July 1, 2023, require producers and importers of gasoline and diesel to reduce th...

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